In Fayette County

• 18.01% of all births were to teens, between 1993-2001
• In other words, 9 out of 50 births were to women under age 20.
• That means nearly 400 births total
• About 2 out of 5 of these babies were born to a mother 17 and under.

Fayette County Teen Birth Rate Statistics

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Fayette County Teen Birth Rate

2000 = 17.9 %   2001 = 19.7%   2002 = 16.8%    2003 = 10.8%   2004 = 10.7%

                                                     2005=10.3%     2006=11.6%

Fayette & Surrounding Counties Teen Birth Rates for 2006

Illinois = 10%

Bond  = 7%

Clay = 15%

Clinton = 10.3%

Effingham = 11%

Fayette = 11.6%

Marion = 14.8%

Montgomery = 13%

Shelby = 12%

                                      Info made available by:

                        The Illinois Department of Public Health

www.idph.state.il.us

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